THE FBI has today launched a criminal investigation after a third person in Florida tested positive for anthrax.

The 35-year-old woman was taken to hospital after nose swabs revealed traces of the disease.

The US attorney Guy Lewis said the probe would focus on how the anthrax got in the building and why.

Meanwhile, the US is believed to still be pounding Afghanistan today with its 5,000 pound ‘bunker buster' bombs and the Taliban has accused the Pentagon of lying about the number of civilians killed in the raids.

The Afghan rulers claim that more than 70 civilians have died since the bombing began.